NVS 5100M vs ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition
Aggregate performance score
We've compared Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition with NVS 5100M, including specs and performance data.
5100M outperforms X1900 CrossFire Edition by a considerable 47% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1361 | 1297 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 0.25 | 1.04 |
| Architecture | R500 (2005−2007) | Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013) |
| GPU code name | R580 | GT216 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Mobile workstation |
| Release date | 24 January 2006 (19 years ago) | 7 January 2010 (15 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | no data | 48 |
| Core clock speed | 625 MHz | 550 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 384 million | 486 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 90 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 100 Watt | 35 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 10.00 | 8.800 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 0.1162 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 16 | 8 |
| TMUs | 16 | 16 |
| L2 Cache | no data | 64 KB |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
| Interface | PCIe 1.0 x16 | MXM-A (3.0) |
| Width | 2-slot | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin | no data |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.
| Memory type | GDDR3 | GDDR3 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | 1 GB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 725 MHz | 800 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 46.4 GB/s | 25.6 GB/s |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video | No outputs |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 9.0c (9_3) | 11.1 (10_1) |
| Shader Model | 3.0 | 4.1 |
| OpenGL | 2.0 | 3.3 |
| OpenCL | N/A | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
| CUDA | - | 1.2 |
Synthetic benchmarks
Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark score.
Passmark
This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.
Gaming performance
Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.32 | 0.47 |
| Recency | 24 January 2006 | 7 January 2010 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | 1 GB |
| Chip lithography | 90 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 100 Watt | 35 Watt |
NVS 5100M has a 46.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 125% more advanced lithography process, and 185.7% lower power consumption.
The NVS 5100M is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition in performance tests.
Be aware that Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition is a desktop graphics card while NVS 5100M is a mobile workstation one.
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